Week Ahead: Non-Farm Payrolls on Friday Is Main Event

By

Amey Stone

Updated March 6, 2017 8:09 a.m. ET

By

Amey Stone

Updated March 6, 2017 8:09 a.m. ET

Treasury strategists are looking to Friday and the February non-farm payrolls report as the most important economic news of the week. Only a very weak report could derail the Fed's apparent plans to hike rates in March. Still, the report will influence market expectations about the pace of future hikes.

Jan Hatzius, economist at Goldman Sachs, wrote over the weekend of payrolls: